“I don’t know what kind of background these people have that have seen it, it could have seriously upset them,” she said. “We all felt very sick from watching it.”
She said she hoped the university would notify the police.
“No one should get away with that,” she said.
“If he was happy to do it just out in the open, like you don’t know how when he’s done it, if he’s done it again, if he’s done it multiple times if he’s done it once he’s going to do it again.
“It seems like there wasn’t any kind of hiding and he was just well in the open, like it wasn’t secretive whatsoever.”
She also hoped Waikato University would offer support to people who might have watched the video or seen the act in person. She said everyone at social events over the weekend was talking about the video, and sharing a mutual disgust.
A spokesperson from the University of Waikato confirmed the man in the library was a student and has since been identified.
“They have been suspended from accessing University facilities while the matter is investigated through our disciplinary process,” the spokesperson said.
They said due to the open nature of the computer labs in the library, it is unknown how many people saw the man or were present at the time.
In response to student concerns regarding extra mental health support for those of may have seen the man and video, the spokesperson said: “The University’s Violence Prevention and broader Student Health services are regularly and widely promoted to students.”
They did not confirm if they were liaising with police on the matter.
